2013 in pictures 7 Photos . Updated: 03 Feb 2014, 12:54 AM IST Livemint 2013 was the year of farewells as Sachin Tendulkar retired, Pope Benedict XVI stepped down and African leader Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95. It was also the year of ravaging flash floods in Uttarakhand that killed thousands. A glimpse of 2013 1/7Pope Benedict XVI steps down as leader of the Catholic Church on 11 February. Benedict’s move makes him the first pope to relinquish office since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. Reuters 2/7Flash floods triggered by very heavy rainfall and a cloudburst in Uttarakhand on 16-17 June, affect 12 out of the 13 districts in Uttarakhand, leaving 5,700 dead and thousands homeless. In pic: A woman reacts after being rescued. Mint 3/7Congress president Sonia Gandhi presents National Food Security Card during the launch of Food Security Programme in Delhi on 20 August. The Indian National Food Security Act, 2013 (also Right to Food Act), is signed into law on 12 September. HT 4/7Reserve Bank of India’s newly appointed governor Raghuram Rajan greets outgoing governor D. Subbarao at RBI headquarters in Mumbai on 4 September, Mint 5/7Sachin Tendulkar at his last cricket match against West Indies at Wankhede in Mumbai on 16 November. Tendulkar is conferred the Bharat Ratna the same day. HT 6/7South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela dies on 5 December in Johannesburg at the age of 95. AP 7/7Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his ministers, after their swearing in at Ram Lila ground on 28 December in New Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party gets the second highest number of seats during elections to the Delhi assembly. Mint